. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THK BREEDER AND SPORTSMA: [Saturday, August 23, 1913. \ THE FARM I THE COUNTY FAIR. The courtv fair is coming back— The poster sheets are everywhere And almost everybody now Is whooping up the county fair. TTe's had our till of aeroplanes— We want to see the big. fat hog. The patent churn, the trotting dog. The new device that beats a cog. And work around through the catalog At the county fair. We've missed the county fair— It's inner and its outer track, The dancing saddler, and the bull it four feet across the back: We're weary of Chautauqua talk— We want
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 THK BREEDER AND SPORTSMA: [Saturday, August 23, 1913. \ THE FARM I THE COUNTY FAIR. The courtv fair is coming back— The poster sheets are everywhere And almost everybody now Is whooping up the county fair. TTe's had our till of aeroplanes— We want to see the big. fat hog. The patent churn, the trotting dog. The new device that beats a cog. And work around through the catalog At the county fair. We've missed the county fair— It's inner and its outer track, The dancing saddler, and the bull it four feet across the back: We're weary of Chautauqua talk— We want to hear the whistles blow, The horses neigh, the roosters crow, The blooded cattle when they low, 4nd the shrill-voiced starter shouting "Go!" At the county fair. It seems as if the world grows cold. And people nowadays don't care For other people in the warm Old manner of the county fair. "We're tired of bowing here and there We want to shout, "How are you Dan?" "Hello there. Bill!" and "Howdy. Ann!" And get the warm clasp of the hand From every woman, child and man At the county fair. The county fair is coming back— And that is probably as well. A little more and everyone Had disappeared within his shell. The gold old plan was better far— We want to meet the human race In some well-decorated place, \nd be right human for a space Because of coming face to face At the county fair. COWS IN SUMMER. Midsummer is a critical time with the dairy cows, as they are likely to fail in their milk. Care must be used to keep them, "on their feed" and to protect them from heat, flies and lack of appetite. The pasture is almost a necessity or at least green food. If there is no pastftre, feed soiling crops or silage. Succulent food will do much to stim- ulate appetite and maintain a good yield of milk. Shade is essential where there is a pasture. Cows do not as a rule graze during the oppressing hours of the day, but they shou
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